I am a father of a 7 year old girl with autism. As humbling as this is, I am going to swollow my pride for her and admit that I need help. I work full-time and make enough money for our family to get by but my daughter has. . . . .

I am a father of a 7 year old girl with autism. As humbling as this is, I am going to swollow my pride for her and admit that I need help. I work full-time and make enough money for our family to get by but my daughter has two needs that my wife and I are not able to give her in our current situation.

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Firstly, she needs a better education. She is 7 years old and cannot speak more than a few words, most of which can only be understood by her mother and myself. The public school system in our area does not have programs in place that are meeting her needs. The program she is in consists of a classroom with a dozen special needs children being taught by one teacher and two assistants. Though it is no fault of the teacher's, all the children get out of this chaos is social interaction. As it is, my duaghter's education is falling to what her mother and I can provide at home and we are far from specialists. There are several alternatives available to our daughter, such as ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) classes, that are within driving distance. Unfortunately these classes are extrememly expensive, some of which wanting upwards of $25,000.00 a year. I wish I made enough money to cover the help my daughter needs but I don't. I am constantly looking for a better paying job but she needs help now, she cannot wait for a stroke of luck.

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Secondly, she has no survivors. I always pray that my daughter will one day be able to provide for herself if she needs to, but the reality of the situation is that she may never be able to. It is quite possible that she will need someone to help her for the rest of her life and her mother and I will not be here that long. She has no brothers or sisters, no cousins and no aunts or uncles near her age or younger. As it stand now, when we are gone she is alone. I cannot bare the though of leaving her alone to fend for herself or be put in a home. She needs siblings and my wife and I are not getting any younger. The problem is that neither our apartment nor my income is big enough for a larger family. We need money to put towards a house or trailer, at least until I can find a better job or a decent paying second job.

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Thank you for any and all help. Our family truely appreciates it.

I am a father of a 7 year old girl with autism. As humbling as this is, I am going to swollow my pride for her and admit that I need help. I work full-time and make enough money for our family to get by but my daughter has two needs that my wife and I are not able to give her in our current situation.

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Firstly, she needs a better education. She is 7 years old and cannot speak more than a few words, most of which can only be understood by her mother and myself. The public school system in our area does not have programs in place that are meeting her needs. The program she is in consists of a classroom with a dozen special needs children being taught by one teacher and two assistants. Though it is no fault of the teacher's, all the children get out of this chaos is social interaction. As it is, my duaghter's education is falling to what her mother and I can provide at home and we are far from specialists. There are several alternatives available to our daughter, such as ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) classes, that are within driving distance. Unfortunately these classes are extrememly expensive, some of which wanting upwards of $25,000.00 a year. I wish I made enough money to cover the help my daughter needs but I don't. I am constantly looking for a better paying job but she needs help now, she cannot wait for a stroke of luck.

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Secondly, she has no survivors. I always pray that my daughter will one day be able to provide for herself if she needs to, but the reality of the situation is that she may never be able to. It is quite possible that she will need someone to help her for the rest of her life and her mother and I will not be here that long. She has no brothers or sisters, no cousins and no aunts or uncles near her age or younger. As it stand now, when we are gone she is alone. I cannot bare the though of leaving her alone to fend for herself or be put in a home. She needs siblings and my wife and I are not getting any younger. The problem is that neither our apartment nor my income is big enough for a larger family. We need money to put towards a house or trailer, at least until I can find a better job or a decent paying second job.

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